Overview

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Course Description

The Master of Nursing Science (MNSc) is a professional masters degree that is exceptional preparation for your nursing career. It is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (formerly Nurses Board of Victoria). The MNSc recognises the nature of contemporary health care delivery in light of the impact of rapidly changing medical and information technologies, consumer demand and government economic and health policies. It offers graduates a higher level degree with enhanced learning outcomes while meeting the requirements for nursing registration.

Placements

We offer the only integrated curriculum where you learn clinical skills and theory concurrently. Clinical and bioscience topics are coordinated to enhance your...

We offer the only integrated curriculum where you learn clinical skills and theory concurrently. Clinical and bioscience topics are coordinated to enhance your understanding of theory in practice. Students will participate in 6 to 8 weeks of intensive teaching each semester, followed by three or four weeks of professional experience placement with partner hospitals.

Our clinical placements are in the largest major metropolitan teaching hospitals ensuring best clinical practice opportunities and research collaborations

Ratings

We ask: What are the job prospects like? Does the course help set you up with a job in the field?

4.0

Teachers

We ask: Were the teachers engaging? Did they have good industry experience? Did they use real life examples?

3.0

Course work

We ask: Was the material relevant, up to date and appropriate given the state of the industry?

4.0

Time worthy

We ask: Was the course worth the time taken to complete it?

3.0

Money Worthy

We ask: Was the course worth the money paid to complete it?

3.0

Student Reviews

July 2018

Year completed
2016

Positives: 1. It was a two year degree which meant that you could finish it a lot faster than the other degrees in Melbourne eg. Bachelor of Nursing
2. There were a range of placements provided at good hospitals eg. Oncology, mental health, cardiac, gastro, rehab, med/surg etc. Some courses leave students stuck with just reh...

Positives: 1. It was a two year degree which meant that you could finish it a lot faster than the other degrees in Melbourne eg. Bachelor of Nursing
2. There were a range of placements provided at good hospitals eg. Oncology, mental health, cardiac, gastro, rehab, med/surg etc. Some courses leave students stuck with just rehab placements but this wasn’t the case in this degree
2. Some lecturers were good and very skilled/knowledgeable

Negatives: 1. There was a lot of inconsistency between lecturers and marking of assignments and also with the some lecturers marking assignments differently. I often found that a lecturer would ask me to write a particular way for one assignment and when I did that for future assignments I was marked down and told not to. As such, it became very confusing and the majority of the cohort found the same issues.
2. Large number of drop out of students due to lecturers being inconsistent and not understanding the challenges students tried to talk to them about. The student cohort in my year got together and made a complaint about everything but we were told to leave the course if we weren’t happy and nothing was solved.
3. Teaching of at times, incorrect material - some of the material provided in the lectures, I have found to be incorrect.
4. The assignments are exactly the same for this nursing degree as the assignments for Melbourne’s medical degree
5. Assignments are challenging and you receive minimal support from staff

My advice to future students is: Would not recommend Nursing at the University of Melbourne